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The attack happened in Wana, main city in the district of South Waziristan, a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a local police chief Usman Wazir said. The bombing occurred a day after the military announced that troops in a major operation killed 54 terrorists in the nearby North Waziristan district
At least seven people were killed and 16 others were injured on Monday when a powerful bomb exploded outside the office of a pro-government peace committee in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold in the restive northwest. This comes in a follow-up operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, bringing the number of terrorists killed over the past three days to 71.
The attack happened in Wana, main city in the district of South Waziristan, a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a local police chief Usman Wazir said as quoted by The Associated Press.
Wazir told that the bomb targeted the office of the peace commitee, which publicly opposed the Pakistani Taliban. The committee reportedly also helps solve disputes among residents.
Notably, the bombing occurred a day after the military announced that troops in a major operation killed 54 terrorists in the nearby North Waziristan district, following their attempt to cross into Pakistan from Afghanistan.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack, but the Pakistani Taliban, or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is likely to be blamed, as they frequently target security forces and civilians, AP reported.
Tehreek-e-Taliban is a separate group but a close ally of the Afghan Taliban, who took control of neighbouring Afghanistan in August 2021 as US and NATO forces were in the final stages of their pullout from the country after 20 years of war.
Several TTP leaders have found sanctuaries and have even been living openly in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, which also emboldened the Pakistani Taliban.
Source: TIMES NOW NEWS
